Isis manual showed Westminster terrorist how to kill

Khalid Masood, who murdered five people outside the Houses of Parliament, had downloaded terror manualsSTEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA

The Westminster attacker had downloaded Islamic State material that described how to inflict fatal wounds.

Khalid Masood, 52, murdered five people when he drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing PC Keith Palmer outside parliament on March 22. A police officer shot him dead.

Scotland Yard has previously said that Masood, a Muslim convert born Adrian Elms, had an “interest in jihad” but it has never linked him to Isis.

PC Palmer, 48, was wearing a stab vest but suffered wounds to his neck and lower torso which reflected instructions in the Isis manual, a source said. One of the documents he is thought to have viewed does not specifically refer to stab vests, but gives instructions on the best areas of the body to…

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